Scabbard



Jan. 24, 1939. c. B. FERREL SCABBAR D Filed July 16, 1935 INVENTOR.CLYDE BRUCE FERREL ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 24, 1939 PATENT OFFIESCABBARD Clyde Bruce Ferrel,

San Francisco, Calif.

Application July 16, 1935, Serial No. 31,642

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a scabbard particu-i larly intended to receiveand support a machine gun, rifle, or the like.

The object of the present invention is to generally improve and simplifythe construction and operation of scabbards of the character described;to provide a scabbard which permits quick detachment or insertion of agun of the character described; to provide a scabbard having ashoulder-rest extension for supporting and steadying the gun when inoperation, said shoulder-piece also forming a lock to secure the gunagainst endwise removal from the scabbard; to provide a scabbard whichpermits ready attachment of a sling strap for carrying and steadying thegun; and, further, to provide a scabbard which may be formed from sheetmetal to insure light weight and strength.

The scabbard is shown by way of illustration in the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the gun sheath orscabbard;

Fig. 2 is a front view of the gun sheath or scabbard;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the scabbard with the gun in place and aprojectile chain hanging through it;

Fig. 4 is a cross section of the scabbard taken along the line 4-4 ofFig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a cross section of Fig. 1 taken on line 5-5 thereof.

The scabbard K is really an operating sheath which combines the featureof a shoulder piece to aid in supporting the gun in firing. It is pref-35 erably made of sheet metal and comprises two spring metal side walls304 stepped at 305 as shown in Fig. 1 to support the gun frame and rearend of the barrel, and formed as shown in Fig. 2 to embrace the samefrom both sides, so that the 40 gun can be pushed in from the rear andwill stay in place. The side walls extend downward over the gun grip asat 306 while providing openings 307, 308 for gripping the gun andoperating the trigger and safety latch.

At the rear end of the scabbard is a curved vertical member 309 spaced adistance rearward of the gripping portion 306 and shaped to fit againstthe shoulder of a user of the weapon to give additional support whichmight be desirable in some cases. It is to be noted that this scabbardmay be of any length so that shoulder piece 309 will be extendedconsiderably back of the rear sight 3 l 0 of the gun, as might bedesirable when using the sight for individual accurate shooting. Therear sight 3 l 0 and forward sight (not shown) may be of any desireddesign and are not a part of the present claimed invention.

At the lower rear end of the scabbard is an eye 0 member 3|2 whichcooperates with the eye member 280 on the forward end of the feedingmechanism (Fig. 3) for hooking the opposite ends: of a strap as may bedesired. The shoulder support 309 is arranged with a large opening 3 l 3forward of it so that it can also be used as a more convenient handle incarrying the gun. This shoulder support 309 is pivoted at 3 I4 to thescabbard and provided with a suitable catch or removable pin (H5 at itsupper end so that the support can be swung downwardly to make room forthe gun to be shoved into the scabbard from the rear, and after whichmember 309 is returned to position shown in Fig. 1 to firmly hold thegun in place.

I claim:

A sheath-like holder for a machine gun formed with a pistol grip, theholder provided with opposed laterally spaced plates arranged to receiveslidably and embrace the opposite sides of the gun frame, the gun beinginsertable into the sheath by sliding forwardly between Said opposed.-plates, said sheath-like holder having a downwardly extending portionreceiving the pistol grip of the gun, and a member pivoted to the lowerend of the downwardly extending portion of the holder and extendingtherefrom to the rear end of the holder and closing the same to preventwithdrawal of the gun and arranged to swing away from such position topermit the gun to be inserted in and removed from the holder, saidmember being formed to fit against the shoulder for steadying the gun infiring.

CLYDE BRUCE FERREL.

